What is Ivermectin? And why is it important to know the story of this antiparasitic drug?
Because "it hit headlines originally as a treatment for COVID based on one of the bigger cases of scientific fraud during the pandemic".
@GidMK speaks about it in the #TheLongHaul
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Governments in places like South America started mass distributing Ivermectin to people based on this fraudulent preprint. A couple of months later too late, the preprint was withdrawn. But at that point, the horse had already bolted.pic.twitter.com/PpIYGm9aET
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Epidemiologist and science writer Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz (
@GidMK) walks us through how the Ivermectin story came to be -– widespread treatment in developing countries based on a study and a fraudulent database. Tune in tomorrow to watch#TheLongHaul
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Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug used widely, mostly in developing countries, because it treats parasitic infections. Ivermectin hit headlines originally as a treatment for COVID based on one of the bigger cases of scientific fraud during the pandemic. Now with subtitles:pic.twitter.com/4tcTNFu5rp
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This preprint was adopted almost immediately into official government protocols in lower-income places. Governments started mass distributing Ivermectin based on this fraudulent preprint. The preprint was later withdrawn & all of the protocols were removed. Now with subtitles:pic.twitter.com/vVNl1i3g2L
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Replying to @ZeroCovAlliance
Although I haven't watched the full interview, I think, just for balance, you ought to have someone on to tell the truth.
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Replying to @mikepreece3 @ZeroCovAlliance
We had
@gidmk on, who told the truth. Do you suggest we balance the truth with fiction?2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
I do try quite hard not to lie
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